Attorney Arick Fudali and CNN host Kate Bolduan on CNN on August 20, 2025

Arick Fudali, an attorney representing seven accusers of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Wednesday that the "special treatment" being given to Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell is "appalling."

During an appearance on CNN Wednesday evening, Fudali said: "I’m running out of adjectives to describe how absurd it is for Ghislaine Maxwell to be in a minimum security prison. I’d love to remind the public, and I think the media, that she was convicted of child sex trafficking, perhaps one of the most heinous crimes we have here in the United States and around the world. She was actually convicted of tricking 14-year-old girls, grooming them to be r---- by Jeffrey Epstein. That’s why she was put behind bars."

He continued: "The fact that she has gotten anything but the most severe possible punishment is an absolute travesty of justice. She should be in the maximum security prison where child sex traffickers belong. This reeks of suspicion. This is just — it’s so appalling. It’s such a slap in the face to the victims who finally thought they had seen true justice."

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Asked if he agreed with the judge who accused the Trump administration of diversion in the case, he said, "Absolutely. And Judge Berman said it better than I could. But yeah, this is exactly what this is."

"This is a diversion. This is a distraction."

The attorney added that the easiest step for the Trump administration would be to "just release the files, redact the names of the victims, release the entire files to the public."

"Anything short of that is suspicious. Anything short of that is not enough," he added.

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Asked if is concerned or nervous about what these documents could reveal about his clients, Fudali said: "I’m confident that they’ll be able to redact these documents appropriately. What I’m more worried about is them hiding documents. We’re trusting the Trump DOJ here to give all of the documents and be transparent about what they give this committee."

"That concerns me, because so far there has been nothing but secrecy. There has been nothing but suspicion. There’s been nothing but the avoidance of being transparent from this administration," he added.

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